"first language. Gais, South Tyrol Gais (; ) is a ""comune"" (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about north-east of the city of Bolzano. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,162 and an area of . Gais is one of the three communes of South Tyrol whose name, for the reason of sounding ""romantic"", remained unchanged by the early 20th century renaming programme which aimed at replacing mostly German place names with Italianised versions, the other two being Plaus and Lana. Gais borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Sand in Taufers, Pfalzen, Percha, and Mühlwald."
"South Tyrol (red eagle). Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (, ; ; ) is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. Since the 1970s, most legislative and administrative powers have been transferred to the two self-governing provinces that make up the region: the Province of Trento, commonly known as Trentino, and the Province of Bolzano, commonly known as South Tyrol. From the 9th century until its annexation by Italy in 1919, the region was part of Austria-Hungary and its predecessors, the Austrian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South"
"Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (, ; ; ) is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. Since the 1970s, most legislative and administrative powers have been transferred to the two self-governing provinces that make up the region: the Province of Trento, commonly known as Trentino, and the Province of Bolzano, commonly known as South Tyrol. From the 9th century until its annexation by Italy in 1919, the region was part of Austria-Hungary and its predecessors, the Austrian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino. With a past"
"South Tyrolean Freedom The South Tyrolean Freedom (, STF), officially South Tyrolean Freedom – Free Alliance for Tyrol (""Süd-Tiroler Freiheit – Freies Bündnis für Tirol""), is a separatist and national-conservative political party active in South Tyrol, where it seeks to represent the German-speaking population. The party is committed to the South Tyrolean secessionist movement, which entails secession of the Province from Italy and its reunification with the State of Tyrol within Austria. The South Tyrolean Freedom emerged as a split from the Union for South Tyrol (UfS) in May 2007. On 8 June 2007 it was notarially founded in Brixen."
"and Austria in New York, in front of the United Nations building. Today, South Tyrol is peaceful and the wealthiest Italian province, enjoying a high degree of autonomy. It has strong relations with the Austrian state of Tyrol, especially since Austria's 1995 entry into the European Union, which has led to a common currency and a de facto disappearance of the borders. The whole historic region of Tyrol, comprising the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, forms a Euroregion, a region of intensified cross-border cooperation within the EU, called ""Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino"", and a joint Tyrolean parliament has"
"Tyrol (state) Tyrol (; ; ) is a federal state (""Bundesland"") in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino (together with South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy). The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck. The state of Tyrol is separated into two parts, divided by a strip. The larger territory is called North Tyrol (""Nordtirol"") and the smaller area is called East Tyrol (""Osttirol""). The neighbouring Austrian state of Salzburg stands to the east, while on the south Tyrol has a border with"
"right to self-determination and to conduct a referendum in order to decide whether they want to be part of Italy or the Austrian state of Tyrol. The party programme also emphasizes the protection of the environment, the defense of family values, a moderately liberal economic policy and the concept of Europe of the regions. South Tyrolean Freedom The South Tyrolean Freedom (, STF), officially South Tyrolean Freedom – Free Alliance for Tyrol (""Süd-Tiroler Freiheit – Freies Bündnis für Tirol""), is a separatist and national-conservative political party active in South Tyrol, where it seeks to represent the German-speaking population. The party"
"regional level to the provincial level, creating ""de facto"" two separate regions. The considerable legislative power of the province is vested in an assembly, the Landtag of South Tyrol (German: ""Südtiroler Landtag""; Italian: ""Consiglio della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano""; Ladin: ""Cunsëi dla Provinzia Autonoma de Bulsan""). The legislative powers of the assembly are defined by the second Statute of Autonomy. The executive powers are attributed to the government (German: ""Landesregierung""; Italian: ""Giunta Provinciale"") headed by the ""Landeshauptmann"" Arno Kompatscher. He belongs to the ""South Tyrolean People's Party"", which has been governing with a parliamentary majority since 1948. South Tyrol is"
"countries reached an agreement that would guarantee self-government to the newly created Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. The city thrives on a mix of old and new high-quality intensive agriculture (including wine, fruit, and dairy products), tourism, traditional handicraft (wood, ceramics), and advanced services. Heavy industry (machinery, automotive, and steel) installed during the 1930s has now been mostly dismantled. The local economy is very dependent on the public sector and especially the provincial government. Bolzano is the biggest city in South Tyrol, which is an autonomous province in Northern Italy with a special statute. This statute preserves the rights of"
"Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps; in northern Italy and western Austria. The area was to Habsburg times the former County of Tyrol. The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1919 divided the area into two parts: With the founding of the European region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino the area has its own legal entity since 2011 in the form of a European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation. According to , the name ""Tyrol"" derives from a root word meaning ""terrain"" (i.e. area, ground or soil; compare and Old Irish: ""tir""); first from the village of"
"(state government) and ""Landeshauptmann"" (governor). The official name in Italian is ""Provincia autonoma di Bolzano — Alto Adige"", in Ladin ""Provinzia autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan — Südtirol"". South Tyrol as an administrative entity originated during the First World War. The Allies promised the area to Italy in the Treaty of London of 1915 as an incentive to enter the war on their side. Until 1918 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian princely County of Tyrol, but this almost completely German-speaking territory was occupied by Italy at the end of the war in November 1918 and was annexed to the Kingdom of"
"to south, are: North Tyrol: East Tyrol: Tyrol (state) Tyrol (; ; ) is a federal state (""Bundesland"") in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino (together with South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy). The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck. The state of Tyrol is separated into two parts, divided by a strip. The larger territory is called North Tyrol (""Nordtirol"") and the smaller area is called East Tyrol (""Osttirol""). The neighbouring Austrian state of Salzburg stands to the east, while on"
"and South Tyrol were split from what is now the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Treaty of Saint-Germain (these three entities made up the old Austro-Hungarian county of Tyrol). Since this time, East Tyrol has been separated from North Tyrol by about 5 km of border between the federal state of Salzburg and South Tyrol. Accordingly, it forms an inner-Austrian exclave of the federal state of Tyrol. It was also the only part of modern Tyrol not occupied by France after World War II, instead forming part of the British zone. The district comprises parts of the Puster Valley,"
"South Tyrol to Italy (4 September 1945) disregarded popular opinion in Austria and the possible effects of a forced repatriation of 200,000 German-speaking Tyroleans. The decision was arguably motivated by the British desire to reward Italy, a country far more important for the containment of world communism. Renner's objections came in too late and carried too little weight to have effect. Popular and official protests continued through 1946. The signatures of 150,000 South Tyroleans did not alter the decision. South Tyrol is today an Italian autonomous province (Bolzano/Bozen) with a German-speaking majority. In 1947, the Austrian economy, including USIA enterprises,"
"best occupied New Year's Eve races in the world. Every year, an ATP World Series tennis tournament is organized in Kitzbühel. Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps; in northern Italy and western Austria. The area was to Habsburg times the former County of Tyrol. The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1919 divided the area into two parts: With the founding of the European region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino the area has its own legal entity since 2011 in the form of a European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation. According to , the name ""Tyrol"" derives"
"to Italy the southern part of the former crown land of the Princely County of Tyrol, i.e. the present-day provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol and parts of the Belluno province. After the Austrian Anschluss in 1938 East Tyrol became part of the Reichsgau Kärnten (Carinthia). It was returned to the Tyrol in 1947. After World War II East Tyrol became part of the British occupied zone of Austria. In Austria, East Tyrol borders the states of Carinthia in the east and Salzburg in the north, while it also shares borders with the Italian provinces of South Tyrol (Alto Adige,"
"in the mid-1990s the Austrian government pleaded with their Italian counterparts to offer amnesty to jailed independence activists, the majority of whom had been engaged in the bombing campaign during the 1950s and 60s. The Freedom Party of Austria has encouraged the distribution of Austrian citizenship to South Tyroleans, although the Austrian government has repeatedly turned down this request. South Tyrolean independence movement The South Tyrolean independence movement (, ) is a political movement in the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol that calls for the secession of the region from Italy and its reunification with neighboring Austria. Concurrently, some"
"Citizens' Union for South Tyrol The Citizens' Union for South Tyrol (, BUfS; formerly Union for South Tyrol, , UfS) is a national-conservative political party active in South Tyrol, Italy. The party is committed to the German-speaking minority and its right to self-determination. Recently, the party re-branded itself as a centrist party and distanced from the separatism of other German-speaking parties. Its long-time leader has been Andreas Pöder. The Union for South Tyrol was founded on 2 October 1989 by the merger of the nationalist South Tyrolean Homeland Federation of Eva Klotz (2.3% in the 1988 provincial election), the national-liberal"
"Bolzano Bolzano (, , ; , ; or ; ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 107,436, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol. Bolzano is the seat of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where lectures and seminars are held in English, German, and Italian. The city is also home to the Italian Army's Alpini High Command (COMALP) and some of its combat and support units. In the 2014 version of the annual ranking of quality of life in Italian cities, Bolzano was ranked as"
"Civic Network of South Tyrol The Civic Network of South Tyrol (; ; ) is the official site of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, serving for e-Government and public administration and generally as South Tyrol's web portal. Administrative content is available in the official languages German, Italian and to a lesser extent in Ladin. Some of the more general content and the most important provincial laws can also be accessed in English. The portal provides access to all levels of the provincial administration, that is the municipalities, districts and the provincial government, as well as to educational"
"today's South Tyrol, or ""Tirolo Italiano"". In its wider sense, ""Trentino"" was first used around 1848 in an article by a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly; it became a popular term among leftist intellectual circles in Austria. Since the new 1972 autonomous status, the administrative name of the province is ""Autonomous Province of Trento"" (, ).<ref name=""Official Journals of the Provincia autonoma di Trento/Autonome Provinz Trient"">Official Journals of the Provincia autonoma di Trento/Autonome Provinz Trient: No. 1 (2002) , No. 17 (2003), No. 23 (2003), No. 39 (2003) , No. 45 (2006) No. 20 (2007) and No. 25 (2007)"
"State, etc. In the province of South Tyrol the South Tyrolean Freedom party, which campaigned for the reunion of the province with Austria, while in Sardinia the Independence Republic of Sardinia supports outright independence for the region. The Mediterranean region is home to many autonomist parties: Sardinian Action Party, Sardinian Reformers, Sardinian People's Party, Sardinian Democratic Union, Red Moors, etc. Autonomist presidents lead four out twenty regions of Italy: Veneto (Luca Zaia, Liga Veneta), Aosta Valley (Augusto Rollandin, Valdostan Union), Lombardy (Roberto Maroni, Lega Lombarda) and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Lorenzo Dellai, Union for Trentino). The eastern Moldovan region of Transnistria, which"
"a representative of the central government who heads an agency called ""prefettura-ufficio territoriale del governo"". The Questor (""questore"") is the head of State's Police (""Polizia di Stato"") in the province and his office is called ""questura"". There is also a province's police force depending from local government, called provincial police (""polizia provinciale""). The South Tyrol and Trentino are autonomous provinces: unlike all other provinces they have the same legislative powers as regions and are not subordinated to the region they are part of, namely the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. In 1861, at the birth of the Kingdom of Italy, there"
"German SPD and Austrian SPÖ. Erschbaumer himselft left and re-joined SVP in 1982. Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol The Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol (, SPS) was a regionalist social-democratic and Christian-social party of German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy that was active from 1972 to 1983. It was launched in 1972 by Hans Dietl, former provincial deputy from the left-wing of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) and member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1963 to 1972, who was expelled from that party in 1971 for having taken a hard line over an agreement between"
"Deutschlandradio Kultur (DAB+). Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol The Rundfunkanstalt Südtirol (Italian: ""Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale"", Ladin: ""Radiotelevijion- Azienda per Südtirol"") is a public broadcasting service, completely funded by grants of the regional government, for the majority German-speaking province of South Tyrol, Italy whose purpose is to relay programmes from the public broadcasters of Austria, Germany, German and Romansh Switzerland. The agency has its headquarters in the province's capital city Bolzano. RAS is not related to the regional trilingual programme of RAI, the Italian public broadcaster. When television broadcasts began, the German-speaking population of South Tyrol asked for the reception of the Austrian"
"majority. The northern part of Tyrol was retained by the First Austrian Republic. The historical region is formed by the present-day Austrian State of Tyrol and the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino. The boundaries of this Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion correspond to the former Habsburg County of Tyrol, which gave this historical region its name. Archaeological findings show people settled in the middle alpine region, later to be called Tyrol, when the glaciers retreated and flora and fauna revived, after the last ice age ended around 12,000 BC. Artifacts found on the Seiser Alm date to the Upper Paleolithic"
"part of the Kingdom of Italy according to the 1915 London Pact and the provisions of the Treaty of Saint Germain. Since November 1918 it was occupied by 20–22 thousand soldiers of the Italian Army. After World War II, Tyrol was governed by France until Austria regained independence again in 1955. The capital, Innsbruck, is known for its university, and especially for its medicine. Tyrol is popular for its famous ski resorts, which include Kitzbühel, Ischgl and St. Anton. The 15 largest towns in Tyrol are: Tyrol has long been a central hub for European long-distance routes and thus a"
"centuries. The inhabitants are mostly Italian speaking the local Friulan dialect but German and Slovenian are also spoken in some areas. South Tyrol is an autonomous province of Italy with a majority German-speaking population. The dance culture is similar to that of Southern Germany and the Austrian state of Tyrol with such typical dances as ""Ländler"", ""Schuhplattler"", ""Dreirtanz"", ""Schustertanz"", ""Bregenzer"" and ""Masolka"". Central Italy refers to the areas of Tuscania, Marche, Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzi e Molise. Southern Italy refers to the regions of Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, and Sicily. The peninsula of Istria, today part of the country of"
"Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol The Rundfunkanstalt Südtirol (Italian: ""Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale"", Ladin: ""Radiotelevijion- Azienda per Südtirol"") is a public broadcasting service, completely funded by grants of the regional government, for the majority German-speaking province of South Tyrol, Italy whose purpose is to relay programmes from the public broadcasters of Austria, Germany, German and Romansh Switzerland. The agency has its headquarters in the province's capital city Bolzano. RAS is not related to the regional trilingual programme of RAI, the Italian public broadcaster. When television broadcasts began, the German-speaking population of South Tyrol asked for the reception of the Austrian television station but"
"Tyrol and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino. It should not be confused with the similarly named Giro al Sas di Trento, an annual road running competition in the city of Trento. Since its rebranding, the race is run mid-to-late April over five stages, as a 2.HC event of the UCI Europe Tour, the level beneath the UCI World Tour. The Tour of the Alps, typically featuring short and mountainous stages, is considered a last preparation race for the key contenders of the Giro d'Italia, which starts two weeks after the Tour of the Alps finishes. Ten"
"individual countries, the State of Tyrol generated 28.8 billion euros, the Province of South Tyrol 20.6 billion euros and the Province of Trentino 18.2 billion euros. In GDP per capita (2015), that means 39,300 euros/capita in the State of Tyrol, 42,400 euros/capita in South Tyrol and 35,500 euros/capita in Trentino. The unemployment rate in the State of Tyrol is 3.2% (2014), in South Tyrol 3.4% (2017) and in Trentino 4.6% (2017) . The Tyrol region is one of the wealthiest regions in Europe and, in terms of GDP/capita, is above the EU average, which amounted to 28,900 euros/capita in 2015."
"presidential representative democracy, whereby the governor is heads of government, while the politics of South Tyrol retains a parliamentary system, in which the governor is usually the most voted provincial deputy and heads the provincial government. The Regional Government (""Giunta Regionale"", ""Landesregierung"") is presided by the President of the Region (""Presidente della Regione"", ""Landeshauptmann"") and is composed by the President and the Ministers (""Assessori""), who are currently 5, including two Vice Presidents. Since 2001, the Presidents of the two Provinces alternate as President of the Region, with the one who's not in charge serving as First Vice President. The Regional"
"would support secession from Italy, while 46% of the total population (including Italians) would encourage South Tyrol's secession. Listed below are percentages, obtained via census, of South Tyrol's population, based on their first language: Tensions over the fair treatment and acknowledgement of minority-language speakers have been a historical justification for separatism, although their protection is cemented by a law passed in November 1991. South Tyrol is among the wealthiest provinces of Italy with a GDP per capita of €32,000. This being said, Italy is a nation which has suffered unrelenting decline since the birth of the Eurozone crisis in 2009."